HTC are heading for troubled waters if their last accounts are to be believed (and why wouldn't you?) and as the HTC One hasn't been the sales juggernaut it deserved to be I am expecting some killer cut price deals on SIM free within the next couple of months.

It's a good question. If the doom mongerers are right and HTC may not even exist in the medium term future, what happens with support? Personally I would wait and see what the Google Nexus 5 is like. There are no immediate worries about that company's survival that I can see lol.

It's a good question. If the doom mongerers are right and HTC may not even exist in the medium term future, what happens with support? Personally I would wait and see what the Google Nexus 5 is like. There are no immediate worries about that company's survival that I can see lol.

if I was you I would just get the HTC One. its such an excellent phone. its beautiful, fast and works well and the screen is not major huge like the S4. its perfect and I have it on Three which is even better with unlimited data!

HTC are heading for troubled waters if their last accounts are to be believed (and why wouldn't you?) and as the HTC One hasn't been the sales juggernaut it deserved to be I am expecting some killer cut price deals on SIM free within the next couple of months.

Does that make it a bad phone?

I've had HTC phones for years...going back to when Orange were putting them out as SPV. HTC One is, imo, their best phone yet and the best mobile I've ever used.

The Nexus direct from Google attempts to render restrictive 24 month contracts obsolete (and they really should be anyway) by allegedly selling the phone at cost price so if you can't afford to buy a phone outright it's not worth considering to be honest as the networks don't adopt the same approach. If you can buy a high end phone for £300 and pair it with one of the huge number of fantastic 30 day commitment SIM only deals starting at nowt I just don't see the point of a 24 month contract that is almost guaranteed to experience 2 increase personally. but each to their own.

The Nexus direct from Google attempts to render restrictive 24 month contracts obsolete (and they really should be anyway) by allegedly selling the phone at cost price so if you can't afford to buy a phone outright it's not worth considering to be honest as the networks don't adopt the same approach. If you can buy a high end phone for £300 and pair it with one of the huge number of fantastic 30 day commitment SIM only deals starting at nowt I just don't see the point of a 24 month contract that is almost guaranteed to experience 2 increase personally. but each to their own.

i fully agree. if the nexus 5 gets good reviews and costs less than £300 i would deffo but it sim free and then go on a sim only deal with three. i agree there is no point being stuck on a 24 month contract with a phone that costs £300 or less

obviously when the handset costs £500, thats when a contract becomes more needy

i fully agree. if the nexus 5 gets good reviews and costs less than £300 i would deffo but it sim free and then go on a sim only deal with three. i agree there is no point being stuck on a 24 month contract with a phone that costs £300 or less

obviously when the handset costs £500, thats when a contract becomes more needy

Nice one. if the Nexus 5 does come in at £300 then that equates to £12.50/mth over 24 months. Even the 30 day One Plan with all you can eat data (including tethering), 2000 mins, 5000 texts, 5000 3 to 3 mins and free upgrade to 4G when available is only £18/mth (£15/mth if you are happy to accept a 12 month commitment) so effectively the total monthly price is as low as £27.50/mth. Killer deal.

Nice one. if the Nexus 5 does come in at £300 then that equates to £12.50/mth over 24 months. Even the 30 day One Plan with all you can eat data (including tethering), 2000 mins, 5000 texts, 5000 3 to 3 mins and free upgrade to 4G when available is only £18/mth (£15/mth if you are happy to accept a 12 month commitment) so effectively the total monthly price is as low as £27.50/mth. Killer deal.

how much do you think the next nexus will be?

also is it that a good phone
im putting of getting the htc one just to wait for the nexus

Even at the original price and at the time it was released it was a high end phone at a mid market price, basically. I expect the N5 to follow suit but time will tell.

so its better to buy it outright then go on a sim only deal with three for £15 a month

tbh i wanted a phone for mainly listening to my itunes collection as i travel to uni etc...but i have chosen to buy a separate ipod mainly because the batteries on these phones dont last long so me listening to music constantly and browsing may give me only 1/2 a day of usage

I would not go for HTC. I have been put off them after having an HTC Desire S for just under 2 years that I got rid of almost 9 weeks ago due to signal problems now and again.
I even know two others that had an HTC Wildefire S and an HTC Selsa and had similar problems as me and have now since got rid of there HTC.
The Nexus 4 is one of the best phones I have ever had so far.